Colorado § 24-72.5-101 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-72.5-101 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 24-72.5-101

Title 24Government

Art.Governmental Access to News Information

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-72.5-101 (2026).

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The general assembly finds that an
informed citizenry, which results from the free flow of information between citizens
and the mass media, and the preservation of news information sources for the mass
media is of vital concern to all people of the state of Colorado and that the interest
of the state in such area is so great that the state shall retain jurisdiction over the
use of any subpoena power or the exercise of any other authority by any
governmental entity to obtain news information or the identification of the source
of such information within the knowledge or possession of newspersons, which is
hereby declared to be a matter of statewide concern.

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The general assembly finds that an
informed citizenry, which results from the free flow of information between citizens
and the mass media, and the preservation of news information sources for the mass
media is of vital concern to all people of the state of Colorado and that the interest
of the state in such area is so great that the state shall retain jurisdiction over the
use of any subpoena power or the exercise of any other authority by any
governmental entity to obtain news information or the identification of the source
of such information within the knowledge or possession of newspersons, which is
hereby declared to be a matter of statewide concern.